COLONIAL HERBARIUM. 



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During the year now ended the specimens in the Her- 

 barium have been inor« ased from 42,361 sheets as mentioned in 

 my last lieport to 42,914, an increase of 553 only, of these 

 30,440 are from outside South Africa, and 12,474 are South 

 African and these include a large number of type species; in 

 addition to this we have more than 900 specimens ready 

 for mounting, and I have advice of- three parcels of North 

 American plants and several others are due to us by way of 

 exchange, but as 1 have now no junior assistant, and the funds 

 at my command do not allow of my being able to engage 

 assistance, we can only until the Government Grant is increased 

 keep these specimens in parcels, with any others that may 

 and will arrive until the necessary pecuniary assistance can be 

 obtained. The supplement to the Revised List of the Flora of 

 Natal has been published by the Royal Society of South Africa, 

 and copies have been sent to our Botanical correspondents. 



The illustrated work " Natal Plants " was stopped for a 

 time in consequence of no Grant having been made as formerly 

 for its publication, but the Government having consented to a 

 Grant of £35, for this purpose we commenced Part 2 of Vol. 

 VI, which 1 hope will be completed in a month or two from 

 date ; the actual cost of printing and lithographing will, how- 

 ever, be about £52, this work may be continued if it is 

 adequately supported by the Government. 



Specimens have been received as under 1 : — 



G. L. Fisher, Canada ... ... ... 84 



A. J. Ewart, Govt. Botanist, Victoria, Australia ... 600 



J. H. Maiden, Sydney, N.S. Wales... ... ... 101 



Alex. Morrison, West Australia ... ... ... 154 



J. Macoun, Geological Survey of Canada ... ... 97 



Dr, S. Schonland, Government Museum, Grahamstown ... 44 



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